General information

IMO:
8817409
MMSI:
304669000
Callsign:
V2OS1
Width:
13.0 m
Length:
87.0 m
Deadweight:
Gross tonnage:
TEU:
Liquid Capacity:
Year of build:
Class:
AIS type:
Cargo Ship
Ship type:
Flag:
Antigua and Barbuda
Builder:
Owner:
Operator:
Insurer:

Course/Position

Position:
Navigational status:
Moored
Course:
58.7° / -11.0
Heading:
59.0° / -11.0
Speed:
Max speed:
Status:
moving
Area:
Mediterranean Sea
Last seen:
2024-03-28
1 min ago
Source:
T-AIS
From:
Destination:
ETA:
Summer draft:
Current draft:
Last update:
6 min ago
Source:
T-AIS
Calculated ETA:

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Latest ports

Port
Arrival
Departure
Duration
2024-03-24
2024-03-28
4d 5h 23m
2024-03-15
2024-03-18
2d 21h 24m
2024-03-06
2024-03-07
1d 1h 10m
2024-02-15
2024-02-17
1d 12h 21m
2024-02-09
2024-02-13
4d 4h 32m
2024-01-18
2024-01-19
1d 46m
2024-01-12
2024-01-15
3d 4h 28m
2024-01-02
2024-01-04
2d 11h 35m
2023-12-20
2023-12-22
2d 7h 53m
2023-11-25
2023-11-30
4d 9h 14m
Note: All times are in UTC

Latest Waypoints

Waypoints
Time
Direction
Sizilien
2024-03-21
Enter
Sizilien
2024-03-09
Leave
Sizilien
2024-02-06
Leave
Pantelleria West
2024-02-06
Enter
Pantelleria West
2024-02-01
Leave
Sizilien
2024-01-31
Enter
Sizilien
2024-01-25
Leave
Note: All times are in UTC

Latest news

Repairs at Piraeus commenced

Mon Sep 06 20:54:52 CEST 2021 Timsen

On Sep 5 the 'BLue Sky' arrived at the Piraeus anchorage and entered a shipyard on Sep 5 upon completion of formalities. A detailed damage survey was carried out by the class surveyor together with the owner's superintendent and shipyard engineers. Subsequently, permanent repairs have commenced by the technical team with regards to the class surveyor's further recommendations.

Disabled freighter towed to Piraeus

Fri Aug 06 12:43:43 CEST 2021 Timsen

The 'Gulf Sky, en route from Porto Nogaro to Piraeus, suffered an engine failure and dropped anchor off Pescara in position 42 22 30N, 14 54 00E on Jul 28. The crew could not carry out the repairs, and the tug 'Dian Kingdom' was tasked to tow the vessel to port. The towage commenced on July 30. On Aug 6 at 12.40 p.m. the tug 'Megalochari XIV' had taken over.

Crew members recount ordeal

Thu Aug 05 12:29:52 CEST 2021 Timsen

Crew members of the 'Gulf Sky' told investigators armed men from a smaller vessel posing as surveyors boarded the MT Gulf Sky near Khor Fakkan on July 5, 2020. The vessel had sailed to Bandar Abbas, where it docked on July 7 and disappeared from AIS. The crew accounts were given to investigators from the flag state Dominica Maritime Administratio in an official report published on July 19. “The crew indicates they were under duress, as they allege, they were held up at gunpoint, had their hands tied by armed robbers using cable ties, and were later blindfolded when disembarking the vessel. The disappearance of the vessel was likely facilitated by the intended owners of the vessel, or more broadly by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. It appears that the actors intended to bring the vessel to Iran to further the aim of distributing Iranian state oil.” At the time of the hijacking, the vessel had been held by UAE authorities since January 27, 2020, two days after it arrived in Khor Fakkan, due to a dispute between its former and current owners. Investigators painted a complex picture of how the vessel had changed hands several times, latterly for $11.7 million. A criminal complaint filed in the US against the ship’s owners meant the 'Gulf Sky' was prohibited from leaving its position at anchorage in UAE waters. The crew told the investigators that uniformed men who boarded the ship claimed to be from Turkey, but spoke in Arabic and Farsi. Shortly after they arrived on board they took weapons out of bags and pointed them at the crew. One of the hijackers had one eye, and a bald man who claimed to represent the ship’s owner wore a black mask and goggles. Once in Iran, 26 of the crew were released and taken to an airport to be flown home to New Delhi, India. Two others were released several weeks later. Interviews were given to the investigators by the ship’s master Captain Joginder Singh, Jatin Mithran, Patnaik Sumar, Suneet Kumar, Afzal Cook and Amit Diwakar. Captain Singh told that his crew are owed tens of thousands of dollars they fear they will never see. None of the men have been paid since last July and were collectively owed $175,000 in wages. Captain Singh was owed $38,500 after joining the ship on February 27, 2020. Wages are usually paid via an agent, in this case, Metro Marine Shipping Agencies which had no update on if or when the salaries would be paid. “We have been trying to contact everyone concerned, but we have had no outcome to now. These funds have to be paid by the vessel’s owners and managers, who are responsible to pay crew wages on time. For several months, the crew has been requesting to all concerned authorities to help us to get our wages and basic requirements."

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